| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from In the South Seas by Robert Louis Stevenson: beyond the buildings of the mission. Her house is on the European
plan: a table in the midst of the chief room; photographs and
religious pictures on the wall. It commands to either hand a
charming vista: through the front door, a peep of green lawn,
scurrying pigs, the pendent fans of the coco-palm and splendour of
the bursting surf: through the back, mounting forest glades and
coronals of precipice. Here, in the strong thorough-draught, Her
Majesty received us in a simple gown of print, and with no mark of
royalty but the exquisite finish of her tattooed mittens, the
elaboration of her manners, and the gentle falsetto in which all
the highly refined among Marquesan ladies (and Vaekehu above all
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War by Frederick A. Talbot: perceive and to collect the data required, and when provided with
a fast machine is remarkably nimble and venturesome in the air.
The British aviators, however, work as a whole, and in the
particular phases where such tactics are profitable have
established incontestable superiority. At first the German
aerial force appeared to possess no settled system of operation.
Individual effort was pronounced, but it lacked method. The
Germans have, however, profited from the lessons taught by their
antagonists, and now are emulating their tactics, but owing to
their imperfect training and knowledge the results they achieve
appear to be negligible.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Michael Strogoff by Jules Verne: afraid of being taken in the flank and cut off by some Rus-
sian column descending from the northern provinces.
It is useless to dwell upon the sufferings of the unhappy
prisoners. Many hundreds fell on the steppe, where their
bodies would lie until winter, when the wolves would devour
the remnants of their bones.
As Nadia helped the old Siberian, so in the same way
did Michael render to his more feeble companions in mis-
fortune such services as his situation allowed. He encour-
aged some, supported others, going to and fro, until a prick
from a soldier's lance obliged him to r‚sum‚ the place which
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